Saint-Victor-la-Coste

Saint-Victor-la-Coste (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ viktɔʁ la kɔst]; Provençal Occitan: Sent Victor de la Còsta) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitania region in Southern France. In 2019, it had a population of 2,135.

Built against a hill overlooking a plain covered with vineyards with the Rhône Valley in the distance, the town was once part of the medieval domain of the Sabran family, vassals to the Count of Toulouse.

Demographics

Sights

Interesting sights include an 11th-century church and a 13th-century fort, known locally as Le Castellas, and which was restored by the French volunteer organization La Sabranenque.

Wine

There are several wineries in the village producing Côtes du Rhone wines.

See also

• Communes of the Gard department

References

External links

• City council website

1. Saint-Victor
2. Coste
3. Albert II, Prince of Monaco
4. Nîmes
5. House of Sabran
6. Pont-Saint-Esprit
7. Saint-Gilles, Gard
8. Nicolay family
9. Aigues-Mortes
10. Uzès
11. Alès
12. Saint-Paul-la-Coste
13. Canton of Roquemaure
14. Beaucaire, Gard
15. Thomas II de Gadagne
16. Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
17. Roquemaure, Gard
18. Anduze
19. Saint-Julien-de-la-Nef
20. Saint-Victor-des-Oules